eCOGRA Certification for Cereus network

Thursday 3 December, 2009 09:44

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Following a lengthy review of its audit and on site operations, the Cereus Network has been accredited with the coveted eCOGRA accreditation.

The poker network, which incorporates Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker achieved full compliance with the industry watchdog group, eCOGRA's set of best practice requirements, known as eGAP (Generally Accepted Practices).

The compliance manager for the independent group, Sean Roberts said: "Cereus management's commitment to compliance, specifically player safety, facilitated an efficient review and certification process."

"The active measures taken, in light of events that impacted players, coupled with an impressive range of additional mitigating controls that have since been implemented, have contributed to the Cereus online poker network's software reaching the standards we require for software accreditation," he said.

The news was met with satisfaction by Tokwiro Enterprises, the group that owns both poker sites that form part of the Cereus Network.

"Doing everything possible to reassure the poker community that our operation and software are completely safe and secure is a priority to us," said the CEO of Tokwiro Enterprises, Paul Leggett. "This is why we decided to work with eCOGRA and apply for the Certified Software accreditation seal. Their inspection team was extraordinarily thorough, looking at a wide range of elements in our software. We are proud that our product passed the tough requirements to achieve this important accreditation."

Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker were wracked by cheating scandals in the past few years, apparently triggered by former owners of the site. Since then, Tokwiro has been putting much effort into changing the direction of the poker sites and investing much on promotion and marketing.

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